Bunaken National Park

Bunaken National Park
Taman Nasional Bunaken
Bunaken Island seen from Manado Tua Island.
Map showing the location of Bunaken National Park
Map showing the location of Bunaken National Park
Bunaken NP
Location in Sulawesi
LocationNorth Sulawesi, Indonesia
Nearest cityManado
Coordinates1°40′N 124°39′E / 1.667°N 124.650°E / 1.667; 124.650
Area890 square kilometres (89,000 ha)
Established1991
Visitorsca.35,000[1] (in 2003–06)
Governing bodyMinistry of Environment and Forestry

Bunaken National Park is a marine park in the north of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. The park is located near the centre of the Coral Triangle, providing habitat to 390 species of coral[2] as well as many fish, mollusks, reptiles and marine mammal species. The park is representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems, consisting of seagrass plains, coral reefs and coastal ecosystems.[3]

It was established as a national park in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. It covers a total area of 890.65 km², 97% of which is marine habitat. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain, and Siladen. The southern part of the Park covers part of the Tanjung Kelapa coast.[3]

  1. ^ Management Advisory Board:Entrance fee collection data, retrieved 14-December-2009
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Turak was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Indonesia Ministry of Forestry: Bunaken National Park Archived February 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 14-December-2009